International team of runners promotes peace

 

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Roscoe Mayor Leland Treichel with the Peace Torch in Roscoe. Team members at the ceremony were Anastasiya Lezhnina from Ukraine, Nayaja Perugini from Italy and Putu Ekawati from Indonesia. Team member Mananya Galante of Boston also stopped in Roscoe, but is not pictured.

An international group running for peace stopped in Edmunds County last week.

The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run was founded in 1987 by Sri Chinmoy. His message: "World peace begins in the heart of each of us, and that we all have an important role to play in making the world a more harmonious place.

A team of 11 runners stayed in the Hospitality Hotel in Ipswich on July 3. The runners began the 4th of July in Bowdle, planning to run 90 miles to Andover. Each runner takes turns running two miles.

Four of the team members stopped in Roscoe for a Peace Torch ceremony with Roscoe May...



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